Ventilated cooking-vessel cover.



C. S. PHILLIPS.

VENTILATBD COOKING VESSEL GOVER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE so, 1908.

941 ,Ql Patented Nov. 28, 1909.

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CHARLES S. PHILLIPS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

VENTILATED COOKING-VESSEL COVER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES S. PHILLIPS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Ventilated Cooking-Vessel Covers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention pertains to covers for cooking-vessels, its main and chiefobject and aim being to provide a cover of this type which maysubstantially tightly close the vessel on which it is used, or which maypermit the external air to have entrance to the interior of the vessel,or the moisture or. steam in the vessel to escape into the outer Inother words, my invention concerns ventilated cooking-vessel covers. Infrying} air.

meats and the like the food does not readily brown unless the moistureof the same is permitted to escape from the frying-pan or skillet, sothat ordinarily the same 1s not covered, and when thus uncovered thehot; grease and fat spatter and fly in all directions, as is well known,both to the danger i of the cook and the damaging of the walls I andfurnishings in the room. My improved cover permits the moisture toescape, and hence allows the cooking food to become brown and searedover, and at the same time it effectually eliminates the possibility ofthe hot grease from escaping from the fryingpan. Furthermore, the partsof the cover are so constructed as to size, shape, &c., that thecomplete covers may be manufactured from a minimum quantity ofsheetmetal.

In connection with the following description, attention is directed tothe accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, whereon Ihave illustrated a preferred and desirable embodiment of this invention.

On the drawing,-Figure l is a perspective view of a cooking-vesselprovided with one of my improved covers; Fig. 2 is a frag mentaryplanwiew of the construction shown in Fig. 1, the lid of the cover beingin lowered position; Fig. 3 is a section on line 33 ofFig. 2, andindicates the smaller cover or lid in raised or elevated position; Fig.4 illustrates a blank of sheetmetal from which certain parts of thecover are cut; and Fig. 5 represents the intermediate cover forming apart of the complete cover. The entire cover includes a circular me-Specifieation of Letters Patent. Patented NOV. 23, 1909. Applicationfiled June 30, 1908.

Serial No. 441,123.

tallic plate or ring 10 centrally and circularly apertured at 11, andhaving upstanding from its top face a plurality of tongues or fingers 12outside of the aperture and adapted to hold in place an apertured disk13 notched on its edge at 14 and provided with a concentric hole 15disposed over and smaller than the other hole or aperture 11. Over thehole 15 I provide a lid or supplemental cover 16 of the same diameter asthe hole 11, this lid or supplemental cover being made from a circulardisk punched out of the plate 10 to provide the hole or aperture 11. Atits back this lid or cover 16 has a straight edge 17, at the centralportion of which is a downwardly-turned tongue 18 adapted to fit in acorrespondingly shaped slot 19 through the part or disk 13. Hinged toits opposite edge this lid or cover is equipped with a wire loop orsupport 20, and at the center of the top of this lid I supply the samewith a small lifting handle or loop 21. It will therefore be apparentthat my complete cover comprises three superposed parts, the aperturesof two of which are in register, while the third, which constitutes thelid, is adapted to open and close these registering apertures.

When it is desired to use this combination cover to substantiallytightly close the vessel on which it is used, the lid or supplementalcover 16 is allowed to lie flat on the intermediate disk 13, asindicated in Fig. 2; and when it is desired to use this cover as aventilated cover, that is, when used to permit the escape of moisturefrom the interior of the vessel, the central lid 16 is raised until thesupporting loop 20 can be placed in vertical position, as shown in Fig.8, with its lower end resting in an indentation or depression 22provided on the part 13. Then the moisture from the interior of thevessel or frying-pan can escape, but, owing to the fact that this lid orcover is considerably larger than the aperture which it may close,although there may be a considerable spattering or flying of grease orhot fat in the vessel, it cannot escape through this cover.Consequently, a browning or searing over of the contents of a frying-panmay be readily accomplished without danger to the cook or soiling of thestove or other furnishings of the room.

In some cases it is desirable to employ such a cover on a vessel inwhich boiling water is used, and when it is desired for the contents ofthe vessel to boil slowly the lid 1 by there is but small likelihood ofthe vessel.

boiling dry.

Especial attention is directed to the fact that the central small lidreadily turns on its hinge connection with the intermediate disk orplate 13, and this lid is readily detached from the cover by merelylifting the same bodily and shifting it slightly rearwardly at the sametime, so that all parts of the cover may be readily washed andmaintained in sanitary condition.

It is further to be noted that a minimum of sheet-metal is employed inthe manufacture of this cover, for the reason that the smaller lid 16 ismade from the refuse or disk punched out of the center of the plate 10.

The housekeeper, if desired, may have a plurality of plates 10 ofvarying sizes to fit different vessels, and need have but a single diskor plate 13 and cover 16, because these may be readily detached from theplate or ring 10 by turning the disk 13 so as to bring the notches 14into register with the fingers 12, whereupon the disk 13, by lifting,may be wholly detached, as is obvious. Its replacement on this plate 10,or any other of dilferent size, may be accomplished, as will be readilyunderstood, by bringing the notches or recesses 14 opposite the fingers12, whereupon, by lowering the disk 13 and turning it angularly, itbecomes securely held in position by these fingers. Preferably, thesefingers or prongs 12 are rounded and have comparatively smooth edges, sothat in washing or handling there is practically no tendency to tear thewash-cloth or injure the hands.

Although I have set forth with some dc gree of particularity theconstruction of this improved cover, it is nevertheless to be understoodthat this invention is not limited and restricted to the precisestructural features shown, since these may be changed to a considerableextent without sacrificing any of the advantages and benefits of theinvention, and without departure from the substance thereof.

I claim:

1. In a ventilated cooking-vessel cover, the combination of a mainapertured cover,

an intermediate cover detachably secured to 7 said main cover and havingan aperture smaller than and registering with the aperture of said maincover, a supplemental lid of substantially the same diameter as theaperture in said main cover, detachably hinged to said intermediatecover and adapted to open and close its aperture and means to maintainsaid supplemental lid elevated above said aperture to permit Ventilationof the vessel and in such posit-ion as to prevent escape of the flyingcontents of the vessupplemental lid in elevated position above i saidaperture to permit ventilation of said vessel, substantially asdescribed.

CHARLES S. PHILLIPS. lVitnesses \VALTER M. FULLER, CLARE L. RosENow.

